Sweatband



F. DE FEO Oct. 23,1945.

SWEAT BAND Filed Oct. 12, 1943 &\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ INl ENTOR.

17e1 bo wiftnessas I Zfirnqfs Patented Oct. 23, 1945 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SWEATBAND Fred De Feo, New York, N. Y.

Application October 12, 1943, Serial No. 505,914

1 Claim.

. This invention relates to hats and more particularly to the sweat band of hats and an improved mounting therefor.

It has long been a problem in the hat industry to provide a means for preventing perspiration and oil from the head of the wearer penetrating the band and staining and soiling the hat and the outer hat band.

In the ordinary case the sweat band is secured by means of stitching directly to the hat and in some instances to other material. It is well known that moisture passes through the openings for the stitches and is drawn by capillary attraction through the threads themselves to the outer band thus destroying the band and staining and soiling the hat. By the same token moisture will fall around the bottom of the band to stain the iimer edge of the brim.

Numerous attempts have been made to overcome this objectionable feature and to insulate the sweat band from the rest of the hat. These attempts are more or less successful but in most cases increase the cost of the hat and require great skill in insertion.

An object of this invention is to provide a mounting for a sweat band which will be inexpensive to make but which will completely insulate the sweat band from the hat itself.

A further object is to provide a mounting which may be made in continuous strips, and cut to the desired length. An additional object is to provide a mounting which not only insulates the band from the hat but which also provides moisture absorbing means to temporarily hold the moisture which cannot be avoided.

Other objects and advantages of my construction will appear from the accompanying drawing and description in which:

Figure 1 is a sectional view 01' a hat embodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view showing the position of the various elements; v

Fig. 3 is a detailed view of the mounting with the band attached;

Fig. '4 is a detailed view of the mounting in the process of construction;

Fig. is a view of one method of fabricating my mounting.

While my mounting may be made of any suitable material which is not liquid absorbent and may be made in one operation by extrusion, in my preferred-form the mounting is made of a material such as vinylidene chloride or similar plastic and may be fabricated in two strips and a rod or cord which may be of the same material or any desired material. As shown in Figure 4 the member III has one edge H thereof positioned around the core or reed l2 while the member I4 is doubled about the core and edge ll of the member ID. The material so positioned may be fed through. a heater l5 which will cause three members, namely, the core 12, the edge ll of the member I 0 and the center portion of the member [4 to fuse together at I 6 thus making a single unitary mounting having a rounded portion I! and three flap members l0, l8 and IS. A pad 20 of absorbent material may be adhesively secured to the insulating member ID either before or after the members are fused together. The conventional sweat band 25 is then attached to the flap member I9 by means of the stitches 26 or otherwise and the mounting with the sweatband attached may be stitched to the hat 21 by means of the stitches 28.

It will thus been seen that any moisture passing through the sweat band 25 or through the stitches 26 connecting it to the mounting cannot pass through the insulating member Ill and will be caught and absorbed by the absorbent pad 20. It is therefore impossible for the hat band 30 or the brim 3| to become stained and the hat and band are completely protected. Since the hat is worn only a few hours during the day the absorbent material will evaporate out any moisture which it collects.

It will be seen that my invention provides a mounting which is economical to manufacture, which can be readily made in continuous form cut to the desired length. It will be further seen that absolute protection is given the hat through my construction.

I claim:

A sweat band mounting comprising a strip of thermoplastic material whose lower edge is rolled around a core, a second strip of thermo-plastic material which is doubled around said rolled edge and whose center portion is fused thereto to form, with said rolled edge, a double roll around said core, the unfused portions of said second strip constituting flaps adapted to be attached to a hat and the sweat band of the hat respectively, said first strip being provided with a pad of absorbent material aflixed thereto.

FRED DE FEO. 

